Head-rest



S. OAWLEY.

HEAD REST.

(No Model.)

Patented June 22,1886.

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mwN/J- PATENT Erica@ SAMUEL CAVLEY, OF KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.

REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,248, dated June 22,1886.

Application filed November 10, i885. Serial No. 182,386.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GAWLEY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Kendallville, in the county of Noble and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Rests forCar-Seats, Chairs, and Cots, of which the following is speciiieation.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and convenienthead-rest for the backs of ear and other seats; andit consistsin aframecomposed of a single piece of wire bent, as hereinafter described, toform arms to bestridc and bear upon the seat-back, a curved frame tosupport a flexible cover forming the hea d-su pporting surface, andcoils or springs connecting said frame to the seat-back-engaging arms,and not only giving the frame a greater degree of elasticity, but alsoenabling said frame to project forward of the seat -back engaging arms.

The invention also consists in certain minor details, all of which Iwill now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l represents a perspective view of the frame of my improvedhead-rest, the covering being removed. Figs.

- 2 and 3 represent, respectively, edge and front views showing thecover in place.

Ihe same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In carrying out my invention I bend a single piece ofwire, as follows,to form a frame adapted to be engaged with a seat-back and to support aflexible supporting-piece for the head of a person occupying the seat:commencing at the central portion of the length of wire, I bend it so asto form a cross-piece, 2, and two curved side pieces, 3 3, collectivelyforming a frame, which is formed to support a covering, a, of cloth orother iiexible material. At the ends of the side pieces, 3 3, I bend thewire into coils 4 4, and then bend it downwardly to form arms 5 5, andthen upwardly to form arms 6 6, said arms 5 5 and 6 6 being in the sameplane. From the upper ends of the arms 6 6, I bend the wire backwardlyand then downwardly,to form arms 7 7, extending substantially parallelwith and behind the arms 6 6. The arms 6 6 and 7 7 form open loops,whichbestride the seatbaek, the arms 6 G bearing on the front and (No model.)

the arms 7 7 on the rear of said back. rIhe ends of the length of wireare preferably bent inwardly, as shown in Fig. I, and covered by asheath or tube, t, secured to one or both of said ends, so that theycannot tear or injure the surface of the seat-back.

I prefer to insert the ends of a wooden bar,

b, in the coils 4 4, to serve as a handle for the to device. The ends ofthe bar are of such size as to readily enter the coils 4 4, and the baris enlarged at a little distance from its ends, so that it cannot slipthrough the coils.

It will be seen that when the frameis applied to aseat-back its upperportion,with the iicxible cover thereon will constitute a convex rest,normally projecting forward from the general plane of the front surfaceof the seat-back, so that it is in position to support the head and 7oyield comfortably without causing an uncomfortable backward bending ofthe neck, and adapted to yield, so as to give an easy support and permitthe head to be thrown back, if desired, the yielding movement beingpermitted partly by the inherent elasticity of the convex portions 3 3of the frame and partly by the coils 4 4.

I am aware that a head-rest has been made from a single piece of wirebent to form the 8o parts 5, 6 6, and 7 7, adapted to bear on aseatback, and continued upwardly to form a frame to support a flexiblecover above the seat-back.

My device differs from any other of this class of which I am aware,iirst, in the described peculiarities in the construction of thatportion of the frame which projects above the seatback-viz., the coils 44 and the convex form of the frame composed of the parts 2 3 3;secondly, in the bar or handleinserted in the coils 4 4, and, thirdly,in the sheath or covering applied to the ends of the length of wire ofwhich the frame is made.

Therefore, what I claim is- I. The improved head-rest composed of thesingle piece of wire bent to form the loops 7 7,

G G, and 5 5, formed to beslridc and rest upon a seat-back, the coils 44 above the seat-backengaging portions, and the convex frame 3 3 2,projecting forward from the seat-back-engag- ICO ing portions andprovided with a flexible covering, said frame being directly sustainedand permitted to yield by the coils44, the forward projection of saidframe preventing it from yielding too far ina backward direction, as setIn testimony whereof I have signed my name forth. to this specification,in the presence of two sub- 2. The improved head-rest composed of the'seribing witnesses, this 27th day of October, single piece of wire bentto form the loops 7 7, A. D. 1885.

5 6 6, and 5 5, formed to bestride and rest upon I a seat-back, thecoils 4 4 above the seat-back- SAMUEL CANVLEY. engaging portions, andthe convex frame 3 3 2,

projecting forward from the seat-baok-engag- Witnesses:

ing portions, combined with the bar or handle D. OSHEA,

1o b, inserted in the coils 4 4, as set forth. C. M. KIMBALL.

